Endless wars to save the empire, under the direction of Al Capone.

I am exhausted and, I believe, my undeniable irrelevance is irreversibly suffocating me, because the followers of the far-right are resistant to any rational argument and my crusade, writing "outside the bubble," seems useless; few are willing to reflect on what is happening in the world, not only in Brazil, but in the world.

While some 77 tons of Brazilian fruit, awaiting export to the US, are at risk of spoiling or being sold below market price because of the 50% tariff imposed by Trump, far-right congressmen are celebrating the measure announced by Trump, which comes into effect on August 1st (there is also the issue of fish, grains and meat).

We live in a state of "perpetual war," or "endless war," yet what seems to matter to Bolsonaro's supporters is asking "what about Lula?", "what about the PT?", "what about the INSS?". They don't bother to understand that "perpetual wars" lack rationality or clear conditions that lead to their conclusion; these wars are generally situations of continuous tension that can escalate at any moment, similar to the Cold War; Trump dragged Brazil into "perpetual wars" to (a) attack the BRICS and give a lifeline to the American Empire; (b) defend Big Tech; (c) favor billionaires through insider trading; and (d) appease the Brazilian and global far-right.

Examples of "perpetual wars" include, besides the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghan War, or wars against ambiguous enemies, such as the "war on terror" or the "war on drugs"; perpetual wars serve to justify acts of barbarity, whether military or sanctions and unfounded narratives, such as the sanctions imposed by the US on Brazilian products, with the probable presence of insider trading, that is, the use of privileged information, which is the trading of securities based on knowledge of relevant information that is not yet public knowledge, with the aim of obtaining profit or advantage in the market.

Contrary to what Nelson Hossri wrote, the world press criticized Trump regarding his tariffs; the French press, for example, stated that Trump's decision to apply a 50% tariff to all Brazilian products exported to the United States generates disbelief and outrage, and asserts: "Trump, the international mobster," which, incidentally, is the title of a column in the newspaper "Libération" written by journalist Thomas Legran.

According to Thomas Legran, the American president could be the main character in a new season of the TV series Narcos, "because of how much he transforms international, political and commercial relations into a vast field of prevarication, extortion and violent threats," reminiscent of Al Capone, who used an economic threat for political reasons and with the aim of "blatant interference" in the sovereignty of another country.

Another newspaper, this one specializing in economics, "Les Echos," published a column by its New York correspondent, Solveig Godeluck, in which she explains that the Republican leader is demanding that former president Jair Bolsonaro, his ally, not be tried for attempted military coup and that American digital platforms that disseminate dubious and anti-democratic content not be censored. The newspaper classifies Trump's decision as an "attempt at extortion to interfere in Brazil's internal politics"; in the same column, it is possible to read that Trump is irritated by the fact that Brazil belongs to BRICS, which seeks an alternative solution to the use of the dollar in commercial transactions and to the dominance of the United States in international trade.

The French channel BFMTV, which dedicated its economics segment to the subject, cites "the incoherence" of the future tariff imposed on Brazil, based on Trump's erroneous claim of a supposed trade surplus with the United States. "We don't see where the injustice lies, since it is the United States that registers a surplus with Brazil of US$7,4 billion in 2024," the channel pointed out, meaning Al Capone, I mean, Trump, is lying.

I ask Bolsonaro's supporters: is Trump really considering halting Bolsonaro's trial, or is this just a pretext to fill the coffers of the United States?

And Trump is not only putting pressure on Brazil's justice system; the Israeli system, which is trying Benjamin Netanyahu for corruption, is also under threat from Trump.

Under threat from Trump, the Jerusalem criminal court decided to postpone the testimony of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is a defendant in a corruption case, accepting claims that the premier needs to focus on national security issues — such as the current ceasefire with Iran and the clashes with Hamas in Gaza.

Initially, the Jerusalem Court had rejected the requests for postponement. It argued that the defense "does not present a detailed justification or reason that could justify the cancellation of the preliminary hearings," but after Trump's threats, the court reversed its decision.

But back to the tariffs. For the American economist Paul Krugman, the tariffs are a veritable "Trump Dictator Protection Program"—in fact, that's the title of Krugman's article; the Nobel laureate in Economics classified the Republican president's action as "malignant and megalomaniacal"; in the text, Krugman also argued that the action would be "sufficient grounds" for Trump's impeachment and says: "We are seeing yet another terrible step in our country's spiral of decay."

The economist also stated that the President of the United States is using the tariff hikes in Brazil for "political purposes," referring to Bolsonaro and his sons.

These are dark times, and so I ask: what should we do?

I offer these impressions of mine for necessary discussion.